Death by Cop  2022-2024

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Rodrigo Steven Herrera Beltran

Gender : Male

Age : 19

Race : Latino/a/e

Date : 10/01/2024

Location : 800 block of FM 548

City : Royse City

County : Rockwall

State : Texas

Agency : Rockwall County Sheriff’s Office

Officer(s) :Not disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Suicide on the police duress

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

A Rockwall deputy tried to traffic stop Steven Herrera Beltran for having a partially obscured temporary license tag. He did not stop and police escalated a chase. During the chase, police alleged that he fired shots at them and exited, fleeing at SR 276. The vehicle crashed and Beltran died from suicide under police duress.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2024/10/01/driver-dead-after-rockwall-county-shooting-pursuit-ends-in-power-pole-crash/

https://www.fox4news.com/news/shots-fired-rockwall-county-deputies-during-high-speed-chase